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County directs staff to review food-truck rules after disputed citation; staff to return with options
Summary
After public outcry over a citation to a mobile food vendor, the Board directed staff to review county rules and state preemption, and to return with recommended ordinance or policy changes within about a month; commissioners voted unanimously to move forward.
The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on May 6 to direct staff to review county rules, state law and ordinances affecting mobile food vendors and to return with recommended options. Commissioners asked staff to examine how other jurisdictions handle mobile vendors and to prepare a model ordinance or guidance that complies with Florida preemption law.
The directive followed a public comment period and a presentation by the owner and operator of a mobile food operation who said the vendor had been cited and effectively prevented…
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